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Designs and Materials for Better Coronagraph Occulting Masks

TBMG-6571

01/01/2010

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New designs, and materials appropriate for such designs, are under investigation in an effort to develop coronagraph occulting masks having broad-band spectral characteristics superior to those currently employed. These designs and materials are applicable to all coronagraphs, both ground-based and spaceborne. This effort also offers potential benefits for the development of other optical masks and filters that are required (1) for precisely tailored spatial transmission profiles, (2) to be characterized by optical-density neutrality and phase neutrality (that is, to be characterized by constant optical density and constant phase over broad wavelength ranges), and/or (3) not to exhibit optical-density-dependent phase shifts.

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"Designs and Materials for Better Coronagraph Occulting Masks," Mobility Engineering, January 1, 2010.
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Jan 1, 2010
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TBMG-6571
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English